Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-09-03
EARm ANp HOUSEHOLD.

DO not let plants bear seed unless
You need it.
Pretty country homes are becom-
inc more common than they used to be.
To clean knives. Cut a small po-
alto. aip in the brick dust and rub
| them.
In warm weather the hogs should
he literally supplied with pure clean
water. or disease may be the result.
An ink that will write on glass is
made from ammonium tlouride dis
| solved in water and mixed with three
times its weight Of barium sulphate.
Boiled FroSting.-One cup of gran
ulated sugar and five tablespoonfuls of
milk. boil four or five minutes, then
stir till cold and put on a cool cake
household.
-Apiarists agree that the bees, if
left to themselves, will complete from
seventy to ninety per cent. of the sec
tionS given them, and may by forcing
be made to complete them all.
Blackberry Pudding. A pint of
flour, Il pint Of warm water, \ pinch Of
salt; mix flour, water and salt thor
oughly; add m quart of blackbcrries
the last thing. Put in pudding bag
we'll Toured and boil one hour.-BoS-
ton Budget.
Jumbo. -Rub to a cream a pound
of butter and a pound of sugar; mix
with it one and one-half pounds of
flour and four eggs; roll the cakes in
powdered sugar; lay them on fiat but
tered tins. and bake in a quick oven.-
Indianapolis Sentinel,
Apples and Bacon.-Use tart APP
pies and slice them without pairing.
Fry thin slices of breakfast bacon;
when done, but not brown, remove
them to a hot dish, fry the apples in the
fat. and when brown drain off the fat,
and serve with the bacon.- Cincinnati
Times.
-Marbled Veal.-Take some cold
veal, season, splice and beat in a NOR
tar; skin II boiled veal tongue, pound
to Il paste, adding its weight in butter;
put some Of the veal and some of the
tongue in layers in Il kettle; press
down and pour clarified butter over the
top. Let cool, and cut in slices.-Er-
change.
Lay ears of corn in a pan and roast
in the oven until nearly black and re-
duccd to charcoal. Chop small and
scatter among straw or hay on the hen
house orbarn floor, and let the chickens
scratch for it, which they will do as
eagerly as beggar children scramble
for coin. Hens need exercise and
amusement, and the above will furnish
both, as well as healthful nutrimcnt.-
Troy Times.
Fish Pie.-Boil n quart potatoes
in boiling water and salt. Soak one
quart of stale bread in cold water, and
wiring it dry in u clean towel; season
it well with pepper, salt and II table
spoonful of chopped parsley. Cut two
pounds of Goldfish in small slices and
lay il in cold, sailed water. When the
potatoes are done, peel them, mash
them through n %colander, and season
with pepper and salt. Put the fish and
bread in alternate layers in a pudding
dish, make II top crust of the potatoes,
and bake the pie IN hourin IA moderate
oven.-Farm, Ficd and StOckmnn.
f. W. Stewart says that llaxsoed is
u preventive of disease "a food medi-
cine. Its oil is very soothing to the
stomach and intcstines, and is also
rich in food for muscle and bone. One
of the best ways to use ilaXseed is to
boil it in six times its bulk of water till
it forms a Jelly; then mix Il little of
this jelly with wheat bran and you
have an excellent food for growing a
pig. This is also good food Tor the
brood sow, promoting her yield of
milk. If used in this way, one pound
of faNsccd is mixed with ten pounds
of bran. Pigs very soon get u liking
for the taste of flaXseed.- BoSt0n Giobe.